mona Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Rumors point to different kind of launch for Windows 10 in JulyWe may not have to wait for the launch to get the software.AMD's Lisa Su let slip in April that the Windows 10 release is scheduled for late July. The Verge is now reporting that Microsoft is still on track to hit a July date, according to sources "familiar with the matter."The Verge's sources give a little more structure to the timeline. They claim that Microsoft was originally considering announcing a July 29 launch date on April 29 at its Build conference, putting three months between the announcement and the launch. The company didn't go forward with the announcement for fear of not hitting the date.The report says that the company is aiming to finalize the Windows 10 code by the end of June. This point would traditionally be known as "release to manufacturing" (RTM), and historically there has been a gap of several months between RTM and actual end-user availability. This time was used by OEMs to prepare new machines and get them into sales channels in time for the official launch.That timeline is greatly condensed compared to the past, a reflection of the new approach to development and releasing that Microsoft has used with Windows 10. The Windows 10 release should be a usable operating system, but in some sense it isn't feature complete: we know that, for example, Microsoft is going to add extension support to its new Edge browser, but the initial Windows 10 release won't include that support. It will be delivered in the coming months as Microsoft continues to update the operating system as part of its new "Windows as a service" approach.This means that the stream of preview releases will continue even after launch. The previews aren't merely a feature of the beta period; instead, Microsoft will be offering early access to Windows 10 features on an ongoing basis. The "RTM" version is a point-in-time snapshot of Windows 10's development. It should be a stable, production-ready snapshot, but it's a snapshot all the same. The process that created it will continue.The new approach to releasing also means that users of the Insider Preview likely won't have to wait until the formal release date to get their hands on the RTM build. We'd expect that Microsoft will still have some kind of event or marketing blitz to mark the launch (and, with it, the availability of hardware with Windows 10 preinstalled), but Windows 10 should be in people's hands already.Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallon Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 With all this these free upgrades blessings talk, I wonder if Windows will stay available as retail boxed copies in the future.It has always been the policy of Micro$oft to keep the full Windows out of the hands of real people (or sell it for the right price).They could (God forbid) install it on their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mona Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 With all this these free upgrades blessings talk, I wonder if Windows will stay available as retail boxed copies in the future.It has always been the policy of Micro$oft to keep the full Windows out of the hands of real people (or sell it for the right price).They could (God forbid) install it on their own.I own a retail boxed version of Windows 7, that isn't tied up to any hardware. I payed extra money for this feature.Now I'll be entitled to upgrade for free to Windows 10, but it looks like - in the same time - Microsoft is going to rip off my right to move my system from one hardware to another (box version feature). Oh gosh ! :mad2: :duh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyyahblah Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Well, it would be good if they didn't charge ridicilous prices. Then people would buy a copy. Like for me here at my local comptuer store, Windows 8.1 is $114 + tax and 8.1 PRO is $174 + tax. Naturally I like having the full features of an O/S so I go for the PRO version, but I mean $200 for 1 copy? Common.If they made their prices cheaper like $50 for a regular copy and $100 for the pro version a lot more people would buy. It's just too expensive, thats why they wonder why so many people pirate their software. Should make the prices more affordable. But that's just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcid10 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Well, it would be good if they didn't charge ridicilous prices. Then people would buy a copy. Like for me here at my local comptuer store, Windows 8.1 is $114 + tax and 8.1 PRO is $174 + tax. Naturally I like having the full features of an O/S so I go for the PRO version, but I mean $200 for 1 copy? Common.If they made their prices cheaper like $50 for a regular copy and $100 for the pro version a lot more people would buy. It's just too expensive, thats why they wonder why so many people pirate their software. Should make the prices more affordable. But that's just my opinion.microsoft is in the operating system business,that is how they make moneyunlike apple where they sell hardware first and throw in the OS .they make money off the hardware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktendo64 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I was just offered Window 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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